Colleen Kane The Paul Konerko era already was nearing its end when I started covering the White Sox in August 2013, and so while the captain's home runs and RBIs have still colored parts of my experiences with the team, they are not what has left the biggest impression. From my vantage point, his final year has been about helping the Sox usher in a new era more than anything else, and seeing him do that through the younger players' eyes is what has stuck out to me. I heard Adam Eaton during spring training, having just joined the team, talk enthusiastically about being invited to Konerko's house in Arizona to hit in his batting cage. I heard Conor Gillaspie rave about...

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